O’Reilly knows how to teach people about technology. In fact, they’ve been around longer than I have. Tim O’Reilly (clever company name, eh?) started O’Reilly and Associates in 1972 doing technical writing as a consulting company. After a while they realized that they were turning out some great books and started keeping the rights to them. A bit later, in 1988, they started publishing their own stuff. It started with a few “In a Nutshell” books and grew into their iconic “animal” books, among many others. From there they expanded even more, picking up the name O’Reilly Media and starting to teach people with videos, conferences and today’s offering, the O’Reilly School of Technology.

The O’Reilly School of Technology has some pretty great courses. You can learn about Databases, Linux Servers, Perl, C# or any number of awesome topics. It should be noted that most of these are fairly high level courses, so if you still have troubles with your Windows laptop, jumping right into Linux Server Administration will be challenging. You can even use these courses to get some certificates, so if you feel you need your certs, this is a great opportunity to save some money on something none of us want to pay for! Even if you’re just an enthusiast or new to the scene, there are some Introductory courses that you can get 30% off of as well. Check out some of the courseware and try something new! If you’re scared about laying down all that cash, you can try it out for seven days and get a full refund if you don’t like it.

It seems to be that at the end of the school year, you will find the best deals on office and school supplies. Since we are now into the month of June and school is almost out, Staples Canada has some awesome deals happening right now.

This is the perfect time to grab those items you know your kids will be needing for school next year. You will get the at the lowest prices and not have to fight the crowds for them at the end of August with everyone else.

Staples offers free shipping for all orders over $20 which is a really great deal in itself.

These would make a cool gift for an end of the school year teacher’s gift. They are regularly priced at$28.50 for the set but when you use this coupon you will save 40% dropping the price to just $17.10. I was a teacher for 7 years and would have loved to get something like this. Definitely something I would have used everyday at work.

This Item is temporarily out of stock but will become available by June 8th. You are still able to order this item, and it will be dispatched to you on arrival. As for shipping, they have flat rates starting at $7 and will differ from province to province and according to how much you buy.

It’s nearly “Back To School” time for the kiddies!! If you need to stock up on some uniform type clothing, Aérpostale might be an option for you. They have a “uniform approved collection” with basic school uniform deals such as polos and shirts at great prices.

All you have to do is add at least 5 of these items to your cart, then apply the promo code as you go through checkout, and you’ll get a 15% discount on your online order.

If you have a few kids, I’m sure this is an expensive time of year, so every little discount helps!

I came across this great pdf from Best Buy Canada. It’s a printable discount coupon which gets you various discounts in store. It’s a special promo for their back-to-school period. Click the image to go to the pdf.

Where: In store @ Best BuyDiscount: $20 off $200+ / $50 off $500+Validity: August 8th to August 28th, 2008

• Redeemable at any Best Buy store for merchandise and services only • Not valid as payment on Best Buy Credit Card, for purchase of Gift Cards, or on previous purchases • Limit 1 coupon per person • No cash value, no copies, no rainchecks • purchase of $200 – $499.99 (before tax) required • Cannot be combined with any other offers

If you or your kids are heading back to University and you were thinking of a new laptop computer perhaps, or even if you just fancied a new LCD TV for the lounge, this might be really useful!! Just print it out and take it in store when you go to make your purchase.

This is a very nice freebie, and reports on the other Canadian forums confirm that people have received these EnduraGlide Dry-Erase Markers from Acco.ca. I’ll link you to the mail in rebate. Just print it out, fill it in, slap a stamp on it and mail it to the address provided.